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Stolen Truck Rams Anchorage Police Car
Channel 2 NewsTwo Anchorage police officers fired their guns after a stolen pickup truck rammed a police car Saturday morning in Muldoon and three suspects were arrested without injuries. Ryan Robert Portlock, 26, was charged with second degree theft, first degree...Tags: Trials, Criminals, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft
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Two Anchorage Arrests Made in Alaska-California Drug Conspiracy
Channel 2 NewsTwo people have been arrested in Anchorage as part of a 10-person indictment in a sprawling drug conspiracy, which federal officials say distributed heroin and methamphetamines in Alaska and California then laundered money received from the drug sales....Tags: Punishment, Police Arrests, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Methamphetamine (drug), Prosecution
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Man Grazed in Eagle River Shooting During Drug Deal
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage police are looking for a shooting suspect after a man’s head was grazed by a bullet at an Eagle River fitness club during a drug deal that went bad Wednesday night. According to a statement from APD spokesperson Anita Shell, police...Tags: Shootings, Witnesses, Prosecution
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Three Soldotna Men Arrested in Heroin Bust
Three Soldotna men were arrested after a package containing heroin was intercepted by Postal Service workers and the Alaska Bureau of Investigation. The Peninsula Clarion reports, citing court records, that the package intercepted April 4 was addressed...
Tags: Heroin
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Addicted to Heroin, Part 2: APD Calls Overdose Deaths An 'Epidemic'
Channel 2 NewsHeroin overdoses have reached an "epidemic" level, according to the Anchorage Police Department. APD Sgt. Kathy Lacey says heroin use is back in force and heroin-related overdoses are claiming more young lives than traffic fatalities. "Heroin has come...Tags: OxyContin (drug), Epidemics and Plagues, Methadone (drug), Morphine (drug), Heroin
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Addicted to Heroin, Part 1: Family Loses Teenage Son To Heroin Overdose
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage police are seeing a growing trend in heroin use, and say heroin-related deaths outnumber traffic fatalities in recent years. According to Sgt. Kathy Lacey, heroin is becoming the drug of choice for more young people -- with the average age of...Tags: Substance Abuse, Addiction, Heroin
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APD Makes 4 Arrests in Raids on Marijuana, Heroin Operation
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage police arrested four local men it says were part of a family-run marijuana grow and heroin smuggling operation in a series of raids Tuesday, seizing nearly $200,000 in cash and drugs, hundreds of marijuana plants and property believed to have...Tags: Prosecution, Heroin
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Juneau Wedding Shop Owner Convicted of Drug Conspiracy
Channel 2 NewsA 52-year-old Juneau businesswoman will forfeit one of her shops after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Gema Thomas changed her plea Thursday in federal court. The Juneau Empire reports she also acknowledged that the...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug)
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Troopers Bust Delta Junction Marijuana Operations
Fairbanks Daily News-MinerAlaska State Troopers say a 39-year-old Delta Junction man is under arrest after authorities broke up a large marijuana growing operation at two properties. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://is.gd/BMeT4T) says drug enforcement investigators on... -
Downtown Anchorage Church Speaks Out About New Homeless Policy
As the Holy Family Cathedral in downtown Anchorage approaches its 100th anniversary in 2015, it struggles to hold on to a longstanding tradition of keeping its doors open to everyone in the community, even the homeless. On the Sunday before...
Tags: Homelessness, Religion and Belief, Family, Social Issues
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North Slope Borough Police Seize $150K of Marijuana
Channel 2 NewsNorth Slope Borough police officers have seized about $150,000 of marijuana being shipped by one Barrow resident to another via Anchorage. Police in a release say they seized the five-pound package of marijuana Tuesday as part of an ongoing... -
Woman Indicted for Allegedly Carrying Heroin to Juneau
A 25-year-old woman has been indicted for allegedly carrying heroin on a plane from Seattle to Juneau. Jessica Beck is accused of carrying $110,000 worth of heroin. She was arrested at the Juneau International Airport on Nov. 8 after narcotics...
Tags: Punishment, Heroin
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